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<blockquote data-quote="CTurbo" data-source="post: 7144867" data-attributes="member: 6855234">I have a level 5 Monk in my campaign and he wants to dual wield a pair of Sai. They would be a re-skinned dagger or light hammer. This is not important so lets move on. He wants to be able to use both sai effectively, but according to RAW, he would be better off punching with his offhand than he would be attacking with his offhand sai. Admittedly, I like the idea of him duel wielding sai as it's a pretty cool theme for a Monk and a little on the rare side. My only counter argument is, is it necessary? He already gets two attacks at level 5. He could just attack once with each hand and then use some other form of unarmed strike with his bonus action. He's wanting to essentially get 3 attacks with the sai. I guess that ultimately it's not going to matter considering that each attack would be 1d6+4 no matter what. I think I'll just let him have it the more I think about it. What do you guys think? Overpowered or almost un-noticeable? Side note: He wants me to make up a Sai master feat too which I'm ok with. I was thinking about maybe granting +1 to AC against melee weapon attacks while holding 2 sai and possibly allowing a parry option. Maybe once or twice per long rest or maybe his Wis mod per rest. Makes since considering the Sai's defensive capabilities.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CTurbo, post: 7144867, member: 6855234"] I have a level 5 Monk in my campaign and he wants to dual wield a pair of Sai. They would be a re-skinned dagger or light hammer. This is not important so lets move on. He wants to be able to use both sai effectively, but according to RAW, he would be better off punching with his offhand than he would be attacking with his offhand sai. Admittedly, I like the idea of him duel wielding sai as it's a pretty cool theme for a Monk and a little on the rare side. My only counter argument is, is it necessary? He already gets two attacks at level 5. He could just attack once with each hand and then use some other form of unarmed strike with his bonus action. He's wanting to essentially get 3 attacks with the sai. I guess that ultimately it's not going to matter considering that each attack would be 1d6+4 no matter what. I think I'll just let him have it the more I think about it. What do you guys think? Overpowered or almost un-noticeable? Side note: He wants me to make up a Sai master feat too which I'm ok with. I was thinking about maybe granting +1 to AC against melee weapon attacks while holding 2 sai and possibly allowing a parry option. Maybe once or twice per long rest or maybe his Wis mod per rest. Makes since considering the Sai's defensive capabilities. [/QUOTE]

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